Have you wondered how it’s like to scan with a really high end scanner? In this video we’re looking at the very, very accurate VIUscan from Creaform.

It’s not for everyone, but if you need to quickly measure things for CAD/3D it’s the best in the biz. With an accuracy of 0.05mm while being portable and handheld, its perfect for businesses who regularly measure objects for prototyping, custom manufacturing or quality control. Not for you average indie game dev.
(Quelle und weitere Infos: Youtube)

Idezo is a small studio that “draws upon unique skill sets to help their clients build solutions and solve problems”. This kind of lateral thinking is proving to be more and more important for companies. One way that co-founder Mark Melnykowycz works on his own skill, that of blending artistic creativity and scientific methodology, is by studying the possibilities opened by portable 3D scanning.
(…weiter auf 3dprintingindustry.com)

As 3D printers are becoming more and more affordable and common, it’s only natural that 3D scanners (both for 3D printing as well as 3D design) are following suit. While there are a number of decent products already available for consumers, these typically revolve around laser technology unable to capture the most intricate details on objects.
(…weiter auf 3ders.org)

In late January the Artec team will hit Singapore for one of the largest professional 3D technology events worldwide, the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo. Together with our partner, Shonan Design (S) Pte Ltd, we’ll be exhibiting our handheld 3D scanners, Eva and Spider, and a 3D selfie making machine, the Shapify Booth.
(…weiter auf artec3d.com)

While the 3D printer has garnered an enormous amount of attention, performing new and heroic tasks on almost a daily basis, the 3D scanner has not historically received a proportionate amount of time in the spotlight, necessary tool that it often is to achieving the desired result in the maker’s world.
(…weiter auf 3dprint.com)

In 2011, 3D printing genius Tony Buser released the Spinscan, an open source 3D scanner based on a laser and a digital camera. MakerBot later used ideas from the Spinscan to create the closed source Digitizer 3D scanner.
(…weiter auf makezine.com)